Clove Pink

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Cultivated as annual

Biocultural value

Spicy flower petals can be added to salads or infused in hot simple sugar syrup to flavor drinks and desserts. Red carnations imply deep love and affection. Pink carnations symbolize motherly love. White carnations are a sign of pure love. Striped petals indicate refusal. Dianthus is a Greek name meaning divine flower or flower of the gods.

Location

Robison Herb Garden

Source of plant

Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

Description

True florist’s strain for cut-flower use. Frilly, fully double blooms, in a chaste shell pink, are held aloft on sturdy, wiry stems. Light clove fragrance completes the picture of floral perfection.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5

Special characteristics

food, fragrance, other ethnobotanical uses